Joy Division | Photo by Martin O’Neill via Rhino
“Dark Wave,” hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs’ Matt Sebastian, explores the darker side of classic ’80s alternative, including vintage goth, post-punk and industrial. The show airs at 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Eastern every Sunday on Sirius XM’s 1st Wave (Channel 33).
The most recent two episodes are available to subscribers to stream via the Sirius XM app.
Got a request? Requests will be considered for future episodes, but there’s no guarantee they’ll be played. They must fit the show’s format and fall generally within the 1st Wave era. And not be something the host really dislikes. If there’s something you’d like to hear, drop it in the comments below.
HOUR 1
The Mission, “Hands Across the Ocean” (Grains of Sand)
Siouxsie and the Banshees, “Candyman” (Tinderbox)
Ultravox, “The Thin Wall” (The Thin Wall)
Fad Gadget, “One Man’s Meat” (Gag)
David Bowie, “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson” (1.Outside)
Joy Division, “Transmission” (Live 12/18/79) (ETERNAL Live)
The March Violets, “Grooving in Green” (The Botanic Verses)
Alien Sex Fiend, “Isolation” (Here Cum Germs)
Coil, “The Snow (Answers Come in Dreams II)” (Love’s Secret Domain)
The Stone Roses, “Something’s Burning” (One Love)
Daniel Ash, “Day Tripper” (Coming Down)
David J, “No One’s Sending Roses” (Etiquette of Violence)
Peter Murphy, “A Strange Kind of Love” (Version 2) (Deep)
HOUR 2
The Cure, “A Night Like This” (The Head on the Door)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Cherry Came Too” (Darklands)
Gavin Friday and the Man Seezer, “He Got What He Wanted” (Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves)
The House of Love, “Yer Eyes” (Babe Rainbow)
Revolting Cocks, “38” (Big Sexy Land)
Pigface, “Tailor Made” (Gub)
Laibach, “Sympathy for the Devil” (Anthems)
KMFDM, “Don’t Blow Your Top” (Greatest Shit)
Lard, “Forkboy” (The Last Temptation of Reid)
The Teardrop Explodes, “Poppies in the Field” (Kilimanjaro)
Throwing Muses, “Bright Yellow Gun” (University)
Sort Sol, “Marble Station” (Natures Mortes – Still Lives)
The Suburbs, “Jam the Controls” (Suburban Lawns)
The Clean, “Point That Thing Somewhere Else” (Anthology)
HOUR 3
Love and Rockets, “Lucifer Sam” (Express: Expanded)
The Birthday Party, “Release the Bats” (Hits)
Dead Can Dance, “Black Sun” (Aion)
Ski Patrol, “Extinguish” (Peel Session) (Versions of a Life)
Depeche Mode, “Waiting for the Night” (Violator)
Red Flag, “Russian Radio” (Naive Art)
Chris & Cosey, “October (Love Song)” (7-Inch Version) (Songs of Love and Lust)
Simple Minds, “I Travel” (Empires and Dance)
The Sisters of Mercy, “Body Electric” (First and Last and Always)
Bauhaus, “Terror Couple Kill Colonel” (Version) (Bauhaus 1979–1983)
The The, “Helpline Operator” (Dusk)
The Smiths, “Death of a Disco Dancer” (Strangeways, Here We Come)
Echo & The Bunnymen, “Killing Moon” (Peel Session) (The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983)
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (7/5/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (6/28/26)
- Playlist: Sirius XM’s “Dark Wave” — hosted by Matt Sebastian (6/21/26)
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For future shows:
1. A Matter of Time – Berlin (with Terri Nunn off the “Best of Berlin” compilation)
2. The Ordinary Boys – Morrissey
3. Tora! Tora! Tora! – Depeche Mode
Song request
Rational by King Cobb Steelie
Karine from Winnipeg
Sending it out to the Nemo boys, and the Peel/Logan boys
Yay, thank you for the Red Flag (Russian Radio), that was my request! And thanks for the Pink Dots the week before this, not the song I requested but I love everything they do anyway!
Here’s some requests for future shows, not ones you’ve played before I think!
1. Current 93 – Crowleymass
2. Stromkern – Stand Up
3. Cobalt 60 – La Mort
4. Silke Bischoff – The Parting
5. Klinik – Black Leather
I’ll have to second that Current 93 song, not because it’s anywhere near their best song, but it is probably their funniest. C93 goes Christmassy Industrial Hip Hop!
Crowley Mass is a good early October song , I like the version with Rose McDowall singing background . The Mix Mix Mix version!
Very good show once again, always like hearing new things; Sort Sol was new to me, and don’t really know The Clean that well.
New requests for future shows:
Edward Ka-Spel – Bloody Sunday
Thomas Leer & Robert Rental – Monochrome Days
Ministry – Isle of Man
The Fall – Before the Moon Falls
Curve – Die Like a Dog
How about “Antarctica” by Men Without Hats?
Magnetic Fields-All The Umbrellas In London
New Order All The Way
Wire- In vivo dance mix
I love what you did there with the Bauhaus boys set : – )
Seconded!
I particularly appreciated this episode, Matt. Thank you.
I wish to formally submit a request for The Cassandra Complex – Second Shot.
The Cure – Disintegration
Hey matt! As always, it was an excellent show last night! I loved the first hour the best.
The Tear Garden – You and Me and Rainbows !
The Legendary Pink Dots – Casting the Runes
The Tear Garden – Romulus and Venus
Hilt – No Crack On Junk Street
Death In June – The Calling , any version even Sixth Comm
Death In June – To Down Rose , only the Rose McDowall versions
Death In June – Fall Apart
Death In June – Break the Black Ice ( corn years version, with Rose McDowell)
Death In June – Holy Water , and a shout out to all my lost goth friends, who passed before, May the all Rest in Peace.
Sol Invictus, Tony Wakeford – On and On, death of the West .
What comes next I don’t likely know… But on and on we go !
Seconding DIJ’s ‘Break the Black Ice’, the Corn Years version!
Love it!
Cheers
Great to hear Red Flag and Simple Minds on the show! Speaking of, would you consider playing “Theme For Great Cities” by Simple Minds? Thanks Matt!
A+++ this go round Matt! The first two hours especially slayed….a lot of favorites in there — and starting off with that Mission track….loved it. Thank you for playing my Cure request….such a killer classic! I’m feeling very melancholy today….I have to put my cat of 19 years down tomorrow. I have had her since she was a kitten….I was wondering if you could play Fields Of Gold by Sting for her.
I will miss you Zippers (✿ ♡‿♡)(✿ ♡‿♡)
Sad news Tina so sorry to hear about Zippers! Sending positive vibes to you and your family!
Thank you Nathan…..I’m pretty tore up but I know it was the right choice. The hardest part of being a pet parent.
( ･ั﹏･ั)(◕ᴥ◕)
So sorry about the loss of your cat, that’s awful.
But Sting on Dark Wave?!? I dunno about that.
Love catching these shows early Monday mornings as I work before the sun comes up. Here are a few suggestions for a future show, Matt!
Curve – The Colour Hurts
The Snake Corps – Another Monday
Sleek Teeth – The River
Xmal Deutschland – Allein
Swans – Her
Can you play Felines by Front 242. Dedicated to my Cat Mao.
Would absolutely love to hear any of these in future episodes ✨️
Skinny Puppy – Worlock
Ministry – Psalm 69
Lords of Acid – Rough Sex
Matt,wonderful add with Joy Division & New Order,cant wait for it all to roll out and thanx for the play,great stuff.Got some hot stuff to roll your way,check it and I’ll be listening like always.
All the Best as Always my Dark friend.
PORTISHEAD-Machine Gun
KNIFELADDER-Head Of The Serpent
MANUFACTURE-Many Machines
M.
Matt, Cheers to another Awesome episode!!! Thanks for Japan & The LP Dots recently.
Future request
Peter Murphy – Rollcall Recall 98
Tom Verlaine – Souvenir From a Dream
David Sylvian – Pulling Punches
A request for a future show please,
Big Decision – That Petrol Emotion
Great block and cover choices!
Here’s a request for a future DW –
The Hair and Skin Trading Company – Flat Truck
Thanks!
Awesome show this week. Thanks for playing my L&R request, always loved that cover version. And thanks for the heads up on the Joy Division box set, sounds like a monster one. Loved hearing Stone Roses too.
I’ll be seeing Pavement in Oakland on Friday and am thinking of some of their awesome cover versions. Might we hear “The Classical” by The Fall on a future communion? Check out Pavement’s cover of that one if ya haven’t heard it before.
Have a great week Matt, cheers!
If we are suggesting pavement covers, I vote for malkmus’s cover of echo’s My Kingdom.
RIP Dave Kendall. The first video I ever saw on “120 Minutes” was PIL – Seattle which is also my request for this week.
Came here to say this too! RIP Dave – huge part of my musical upbringing.
RIP Dave K.
Request: Gravity by Moonshake
Hey Matt!
Many thanks for playing Black Sun! Love that track… :)
Here’s a new request – Deeper Deepest Dub // Fields of the Nephilim.
L7 – Shirley (1994) Apple Music + Qobuz
Thank you so much for playing “Death of a Disco Dancer.” I am just hearing it now, as I finish last week’s show before tonight’s show. What can I say? It was a rough week. Nice to start this one off with one of my all time favs! Bodes well at least.